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Article #1003

Re: Excel Question

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From: Thomas A. Broten
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 19:10
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> I'm having a little problem with Excel on my Mac IIsi. Whenever I start up 
>Excel, either from the application itself or by double-clicking on an Excel 
>file, the spreadsheet always goes to the background (i.e. Finder becomes the
>foreground application).

You are probably using the PwrSwitcher Init. Remove it and all will be well.
(This problem mystified me for a long time, also).

> Note: I also have a PowerBook 100 and this does not happen with the 
>PowerBook, so I figure its just another Mac IIsi quirk (like the sound 
>dropping out every so often!).

When working with MS products you should blame them by default, instead of 
the Mac or its OS.

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